Su Na noticed what Yang Yi was doing and knew he was mass-producing mutant Long-Legged Sardines. He was even planning to train these strange creatures as sailors and shop assistants aboard the Treasure Ship, and even as reserve food.
It was an idea that was very "Yang Yi."
And that look on his face... although Yang Yi had only just become a Golden Merchant, he had already been a merchant through and through long before that.
Seven days later.
"Move, move, move! Whichever one of you works the least efficiently today will become my dinner. Who will it be?
"You know how good my appetite is, so it might be more than one. Get moving!"
Yang Yi urged them on.
Large numbers of muscular Long-Legged Sardines scurried through the hold, sorting and organizing shelves and even building partitions. They turned the Treasure Ship's hold, deck, and even the rooms on deck into shopping areas with remarkable efficiency.
Cui Bisi, Cui Xiya, and Xiaoji could now slack off. They had been promoted to supervisors, responsible for watching these less-than-obedient muscular Long-Legged Sardines and making sure they worked diligently.
It was not as though no Long-Legged Sardines had tried to escape, but every last escapee had ended up in Yang Yi's pot. No fish could escape his keen nose.
He would even gather all the Long-Legged Sardines before eating, rather like making an example of a few to warn the rest.
After several days of this selection process, a large batch of "loyal and reliable" Long-Legged Sardines had been picked out.
So Yang Yi now made fewer threats and began dangling promises and handing out benefits instead. Those that performed well got tastier special feed, which was actually Muscle Growth Promoter he had commissioned Su Na to formulate. It gave these